PMID- 21345949 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110620 LR - 20211020 IS - 1098-5514 (Electronic) IS - 0022-538X (Print) IS - 0022-538X (Linking) VI - 85 IP - 10 DP - 2011 May TI - TRIM22 inhibits HIV-1 transcription independently of its E3 ubiquitin ligase activity, Tat, and NF-kappaB-responsive long terminal repeat elements. PG - 5183-96 LID - 10.1128/JVI.02302-10 [doi] AB - Previous studies identified clones of the U937 promonocytic cell line that were either permissive or nonpermissive for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) replication. These clones were investigated further in the search for host restriction factors that could explain their differential capacity to support HIV-1 replication. Among known HIV-1 restriction factors screened, tripartite motif-containing protein 22 (TRIM22) was the only factor constitutively expressed in nonpermissive and absent in permissive U937 cells. Stable TRIM22 knockdown (KD) rescued HIV-1 long-terminal-repeat (LTR)-driven transcription in KD-nonpermissive cells to the levels observed in permissive cells. Conversely, transduction-mediated expression of TRIM22 in permissive cells reduced LTR-driven luciferase expression by approximately 7-fold, supporting a negative role of TRIM22 in HIV-1 transcription. This finding was further confirmed in the human T cell line A3.01 expressing TRIM22. Moreover, overexpression of TRIM22 in 293T cells significantly impaired basal and phorbol myristate acetate-ionomycin-induced HIV-1 LTR-driven gene expression, whereas inhibition of tumor necrosis factor alpha-induced viral transcription was a consequence of lower basal expression. In agreement, TRIM22 equally inhibited an LTR construct lacking the tandem NF-kappaB binding sites. In addition, TRIM22 did not affect Tat-mediated LTR transactivation. Finally, these effects were independent of TRIM22 E3 ubiquitin-ligase activity. In the context of replication-competent virus, significantly higher levels of HIV-1 production were observed in KD-nonpermissive versus control nonpermissive U937 cells after infection. In contrast, lower peak levels of HIV-1 replication characterized U937 and A3.01 cells expressing TRIM22 versus their control transduced counterpart. Thus, nuclear TRIM22 significantly impairs HIV-1 replication, likely by interfering with Tat- and NF-kappaB-independent LTR-driven transcription. FAU - Kajaste-Rudnitski, Anna AU - Kajaste-Rudnitski A AD - Viral Pathogens and Biosafety Unit, Division of Immunology, Transplantation, and Infectious Diseases, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 58, 20132, Milan, Italy. kajaste.anna@hsr.it FAU - Marelli, Sara S AU - Marelli SS FAU - Pultrone, Cinzia AU - Pultrone C FAU - Pertel, Thomas AU - Pertel T FAU - Uchil, Pradeep D AU - Uchil PD FAU - Mechti, Nadir AU - Mechti N FAU - Mothes, Walther AU - Mothes W FAU - Poli, Guido AU - Poli G FAU - Luban, Jeremy AU - Luban J FAU - Vicenzi, Elisa AU - Vicenzi E LA - eng GR - R21 AI087467/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20110223 PL - United States TA - J Virol JT - Journal of virology JID - 0113724 RN - 0 (Minor Histocompatibility Antigens) RN - 0 (Repressor Proteins) RN - 0 (TRIM22 protein, human) RN - 0 (Tripartite Motif Proteins) SB - IM MH - Cell Line MH - HIV-1/*growth & development/*immunology MH - Humans MH - Minor Histocompatibility Antigens MH - Monocytes/immunology/virology MH - Repressor Proteins/*metabolism MH - T-Lymphocytes/immunology/virology MH - *Transcription, Genetic MH - Tripartite Motif Proteins MH - *Virus Replication PMC - PMC3126207 EDAT- 2011/02/25 06:00 MHDA- 2011/06/21 06:00 PMCR- 2011/11/01 CRDT- 2011/02/25 06:00 PHST- 2011/02/25 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/02/25 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/06/21 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2011/11/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - JVI.02302-10 [pii] AID - 2302-10 [pii] AID - 10.1128/JVI.02302-10 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Virol. 2011 May;85(10):5183-96. doi: 10.1128/JVI.02302-10. Epub 2011 Feb 23.